Nirvana

Nirvana

A community portal about Nirvana with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Nirvaṇa, is a Sanskrit word from India that literally means extinction and/or extinguishing.

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Kurt Cobain Interview 8-10-93 Part 2

From:  seattlegear.com
Kurt Cobain Riverfront Hotel Seattle VA interview with Much Music Related Posts Nirvana Interview Trashing Hotels Ect. Lol Seattle Christmas Trip- Good Area/what Part Of City? The Trip (part Ii) The Trip (part I) Read Full Story

Thriftshop XL New Mashup Videos

We interviewed the king of mashup music-videos, Thriftshop XL last year and we wanted to show you his latest works. He just gets better and better.... Ken Dodd - Where's My Shirt VS. Snap - Power Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit VS. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (I know what you are thinking, "Not another Nirvana remix!" But this one is brilliant!) Missy Elliot - Holla VS. Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra Kelis - Milkshake VS. Belleville Triplets - Belleville Rendezvous ENJOY! Get... Read Full Story

The Roots Of Nirvana

No band develops in a vacuum; every band starts out thinking, at least a bit, of other musicians that they want to take after or rebel against. But Nirvana was the first great band of actual music snobs: record fiends who wanted to make it very clear exactly what they listened to. They all loved Led Zep and Aerosmith and CCR and Black Sabbath and Kiss and then some more Led Zep on top of that. Mostly, though, Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic had grown up as Pacific Northwest punk rock kids... Read Full Story

15 Years Later: Reflections on Kurt Cobain & Nirvana

by Albert Costill As many of you probably know, April 5, 2009 marked fifteen years since Kurt Cobain committed suicide. Nirvana wasn’t the first of the so called “grunge” bands, but they were the band that brought Seattle to the world. See, in 1991 we didn’t have the access that we have now to music. We had to rely on the radio, and yes, even MTV. Unless you were tapped into a live music scene, or even college radio, there was little exposure to music outside of the radio and MTV. When I got... Read Full Story

Nirvana members dismayed by 'Guitar Hero 5'

From:  ap.org
Kurt Cobain's appearance in the latest "Guitar Hero" video game is not hitting the right notes with the surviving members of Nirvana. Krist Novoselic (kris noh-voh-SELL'-ehk) and Dave Grohl said in a joint statement Thursday that they were "dismayed and very disappointed" that an avatar of the late Nirvana frontman could be used to play songs by other artists. Activision, the game's publisher, said in a statement Thursday that they secured the necessary licensing rights from the Cobain... Read Full Story

Great Grunge pioneers ‘release’ epic live show on CD

From:  offthedial.ca
Written by: Rob Latham Grunge legends Nirvana ’s epic 1992 show at England’s Reading Festival has finally been released on CD and DVD. Recorded at the very height of Nirvana fever on the back of the release of Nevermind , one of the greatest rock albums of all time, clearly none of the songs are going to be new but still it is very much worth a purchase, as it’s not very often you get to here Nirvana at their magnificently raw best. Cobain’s trademark vocal sounds, which sound as... Read Full Story

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit Lyric Verse 1- Load up on guns Bring your friends It's fun to lose and to pretend She's overborne and self-assured Oh no, I know a dirty word Chorus- Hello, hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello ,hello With the Lights out it's less dangerous Here we are now entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now entertain us A mullato an albino A mosquito my libido yay... Read Full Story

Former Nirvana bassist is small-town politico

From:  ap.org
It's been a busy year for former Nirvana bassist turned politico Krist Novoselic (noh-voh-SEL'-ich). He released a new record in May, had a short-lived protest candidacy for clerk of his home county in Washington state, and is now focused on keeping an alternative voting system in place in another county. "Politics is just organizing people toward common goals, and I feel like I'm doing a lot of good work," Novoselic said after speaking at a luncheon hosted by Washington state Secretary of... Read Full Story

Granite quote in WA park sparks Cobain controversy

From:  ap.org
The late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is igniting a new controversy in his hometown of Aberdeen, Wash. This one involves one of the quotes attributed to him on a new granite marker at an unofficial neighborhood park honoring him. Aberdeen city officials are upset about the quote that says, "Drugs are bad for you. They will f--- you up." The marker contains the full F-word. The Daily World reports the property is considered a right of way for both Tori Kovach, who lives adjacent to the land... Read Full Story

The Cranberries - Zombie - Guitar Lesson

Released by the Cranberries in 1994, “Zombie” can be found on their debut album entitled “No Need to Argue”. Lead singer Dolores O’Riordan claimed that “Zombie” speaks about “The Irish fight for independence that seems to last forever.” She went on to say that, Zombie is a song for peace, peace among England and Ireland. Zombie - Music Video Released by the Cranberries Zombie - Guitar Lesson Wiith Backing Track In the video below the song is first explained as a simple version... Read Full Story
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